HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware - Manual (Page 27)

2 Installing, Registering, and Uninstalling HP 3PAR
Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software
for VMware vSphere
This chapter describes how to install, register, uninstall, and upgrade HP 3PAR Management Plug-in
and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere.
Supported Platforms
For information about supported platforms, refer to the HP 3PAR OS Configuration Matrix. For
information about supported hardware and software platforms, refer to
http://www.hp.com/go/
3par/ and navigate to your product page.
Preinstallation Requirements and Dependencies
Prior to the installation of HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for
VMware vSphere, make sure that the following preinstallation requirements are met:
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HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere is distributed as a Microsoft
installer MSI image, RMVMware_<platform>.msi, where <platform> can be x86 for
Windows 32-bit OS or x64 for Windows 64-bit OS.
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HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere is
supported on Microsoft Windows 2008 x86, Windows 2008 x64, and Windows 2008 R2.
HP recommends installing Microsoft Windows on a standalone system.
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HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere supports
vCenter Server 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1, ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.1 and 5.0, and vSphere 5.0.
NOTE: For full functionality and compatibility, it is recommended that you update to the
latest versions of vCenter Server and ESX. Both ESX 3.5. and vCenter Server 4.1 does not
support VASA.
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Microsoft.NET 4.0 Runtime is required or installation fails.
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The HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere license and the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy
license is required for Virtual Copy operation.
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The HP 3PAR Virtual Lock license is required for setting retention policies in Virtual Copy
creation. RMV will check for an existing HP 3PAR Virtual Lock license on the storage system
when a Virtual Copy is created with retention is specified.
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The HP 3PAR Remote Copy license is required for remote Virtual Copy operation.
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You must have a minimum of Edit level privilege (or the 3PAR_RM role) for Virtual Copy
operations, and Browse level privilege for virtual volume operations.
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You must be an Administrator of the vCenter Server for plug-in registration.
NOTE: Microsoft Silverlight is required only for the desktop. Recovery Manager for VMware
vSphere server does not require Microsoft Silverlight.
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Desktops running vSphere clients (where HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager
Software for VMware vSphere pages are displayed) must have the Microsoft web browser
plug-in Silverlight runtime installed. The controls of the Microsoft web browser plug-in Silverlight
are used for rendering HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for
VMware vSphere’s web pages. You will be prompted to download Silverlight the first time
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere’s web
pages are displayed if Silverlight is not already installed. If after you have downloaded and
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